5 Tenaplas Drive, Upper Basildon, Reading RG8 8SS

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 179 m² · Owner-Occupied · Air source heat pump, underfloor, electric, Air source heat pump, radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

CB for £4,500 · £4,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£8850+ yrs+3.8 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£7450+ yrs+3.2 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£1,901
per year at grade C
£1,739
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £88 a year — a 2.0% annual return on £4,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £1,655 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 June 2025£720,000
10 October 2023£296,000
26 April 2012£170,000

Estimated today: £729,921 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Tenaplas Drive: 26 sales since 1995 · £428,781 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Basildon C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Yattendon C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary2.3 mi
Streatley Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.6 mi
Denefield SchoolSecondary4.4 miProgress 8 +0.16 · average (2023/24)
Theale Green SchoolSecondary4.4 miProgress 8 -0.31 · below average (2023/24)
Little Heath SchoolSecondary4.6 miProgress 8 -0.15 · average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

5.5
crimes a month
33
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016256, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Tenaplas Drive

How this home sits against its street.

17
graded homes
59.4
average score
D
most common grade
+19.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.